Hiroshima, June 22 (IANS) The Indian women’s hockey team on Saturday secured their place in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019 as they advanced to the final of the FIH Women’s Series Finals after defeating Chile 4-2 in the semi-final match held at the Hiroshima Hockey Stadium. The Indian team came[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 22 (IANS) A twin-engine skydiving aircraft has crashed near an airfield on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, killing all nine passengers on board, authorities said. “There were 9 souls on board the King Air twin engine plane that went down near Dillingham Airfield with no apparent survivors,”[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Andrij Parekh feels his Gujarati roots make him good at business, and his Slavic soul infuses an emotional element to his creative work. The filmmaker says being of a mixed race has led him to a cultural place of being an ‘outsider’[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) India on Saturday asked Pakistan to address global concerns on terrorism by taking “credible” and “irreversible” steps, after an international body, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), slammed the country for failing to do enough to check terror financing and warned of action if it does[Read More…]
Jammu, June 22 (IANS) Eighteen people were injured on Saturday in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. Police said a bus on way from Kandni village to Kishtwar town turned turtle on the road at Fogmorh when the driver lost control on the wheel. “Eighteen passengers were[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, June 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump wages wars of trade and words, but he has pulled back from an air attack on Iran that could have led to an armed conflict — an actual war. Countermanding the hawks surrounding him, Trump aborted air strikes[Read More…]
Riyadh, June 22 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to be granted full membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) following the group’s annual general meeting in the US. The kingdom’s accession came as the global money laundering watchdog celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first[Read More…]
Southampton, June 22 (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first in their World Cup tie against Afghanistan at The Rose Bowl on Saturday. India have made one change with Mohammed Shami coming in for the injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The Afghan side has made two[Read More…]
Amethi, June 22 (IANS) Union Minister Smriti Irani, accompanied by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, reached Amethi on a two-day visit on Saturday. This is Irani’s first visit to the constituency which she won after defeating Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in the recent Lok Sabha election. Irani went straight to[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) A three-member BJP delegation on Saturday reached violence-hit Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, where clashes claimed two lives and left at least four people injured on Thursday. The delegation, comprising MPs S.S. Ahluwalia, Vishnu Dayal Ram and Satyapal Singh, reached Bhatpara from Delhi[Read More…]
Sao Paulo, June 22 (IANS) Chile edged past Ecuador 2-1 in a Group C match and reached the quarter-finals of the Copa America on Friday. Chile’s Jose Fuenzalida opened the scoring in the 8th minute while Enner Valencia equalized for Ecuador from the spot in the 26th. Alexis Sanchez scored[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra will soon be seen performing the Indian classical dance form Bharatanatyam in the grand finale of the dance-based show “Super Dancer Chapter 3”. Shetty, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer, will perform the dance form for the first time on the small screen. On[Read More…]
Bogota, June 22 (IANS) Goalkeeper David Ospina will miss Colombia’s final Copa America group match against Paraguay on Sunday for personal reasons, the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) said late on Friday. The 30-year-old was given permission by team officials to return to Colombia to be with his ill father and[Read More…]
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, June 22 (IANS) The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is looking to reduce its legal expenses which were on an upward swing last year, said a senior official. As per the AICF’s annual report for the year ended on March 31, a sum of Rs 33,82,585[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Actor Tiger Shroff says he is proud to be “Jackie Shroff ka beta”, but wants to work so hard that his father gets known as “Tiger Shroff’s daddy”. The young actor says the challenge for him when he stepped into the industry was to build[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Actress-author Manisha Koirala says it was her grandparents who inspired her to be a writer, thinker and someone who questions. Manisha on Friday shared a photograph of her grandparents and captioned it: “My love for classical dance, reading fiction inspired by her and dreams of being[Read More…]
Hong Kong, June 22 (IANS) The Hong Kong police on Saturday condemned a 15-hour-long siege of the city’s police headquarters by protesters ahead of what is gearing up to be another weekend of massive demonstrations in the city. Following the end of the overnight siege on Saturday morning, police officers[Read More…]
Panaji, June 22 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday visited Baraulia village in Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh to pay condolences to the family of a BJP party worker who was shot dead in May, soon after the Lok Sabha polls. Criticising the visit, the Congress in Goa[Read More…]
London, June 22 (IANS) It will not be any regular World Cup encounter when Pakistan take on South Africa at the Lord’s on Sunday. Two teams with their backs to the wall will be clashing at the historic ground to stay alive in the 2019 edition of the World Cup.[Read More…]
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Srinagar, June 22 (IANS) Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Saturday in Srinagar. A spokesman of the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat said a police party arrived at the Nigeen residence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on the city outskirts and informed him that he cannot move[Read More…]
Beijing, June 22 (IANS) After delaying the June launch of its much-anticipated foldable smartphone “Mate X”, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has now confirmed its arrival in September. “The company has used the last few months to improve the P-OLED screen on the device to prevent it from getting caught up[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Actor Shahid Kapoor has registered his career’s biggest opening with “Kabir Singh”, which raked in over Rs 20 crore on day one of its release. According to the makers, “Kabir Singh”, a remake of Telugu film “Arjun Reddy”, minted Rs 20.21 crore on the film’s opening[Read More…]
Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) The much-publicised two-day village stay of Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was cut short on Saturday due to heavy rains and inclement weather in north Karnataka, an official said. Heavy rains and inclement weather in the state’s northern region forced Kumaraswamy to put off the second[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) After reducing the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party to virtual non-players in state as well as national politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is now planning to strike at the base vote of these two parties. At a meeting to discuss[Read More…]
